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Misogyny vs Bigot - What's the difference?

misogyny | bigot |

As nouns the difference between misogyny and bigot

is that misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women while bigot is one who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.

misogyny

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.
  • * 1999 , Joanne Marie Greer, David O. Moberg, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (ISBN 0762304839), page 29:
  • Although she argues against a simplistic conflation of types of prejudice, she suggests that misogyny is typically present in both narcissistic and obsessive forms of anti-Semitic prejudice.
  • * 1999 , Ethel Spector Person, The Sexual Century (ISBN 0300076045), page 84:
  • His misogyny , like that of his predecessors, is more than prejudice;
  • * 2005 , Jeff Johnson, William Inge And The Subversion Of Gender (ISBN 0786420626), page 122:
  • This ontological symbiosis also explains his misogyny . By envying Sue, as the man he cannot become, he projects his self-loathing onto her, trying to diminish what he actually admires.
  • * 2006', Jack Holland, '''''Misogyny : the world's oldest prejudice (ISBN 0786718234)
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  • Synonyms

    * misogynism

    Antonyms

    * misandry * philogyny

    Derived terms

    * misogynic * misogynist * misogynistic * misogynistically * internalized misogyny

    bigot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (derogatory) One who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.
  • Don't call me a bigot . That's extremely rude!
  • One who is strongly partial to one's own group (e.g. religion, race, gender, political party, etc.) and is intolerant of those who differ.
  • Derived terms

    * bigoted * bigotry

    See also

    * holier-than-thou * hypocrite